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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5622 

To improve the ability of the Department of Defense to address sexual 

offenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2018 

Mr. TURNER (for himself and Ms. TSONGAS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To improve the ability of the Department of Defense to 

address sexual offenses, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Purposefully Expand5 ing and Reinforcing the Statutes we Insist Support our 

6 Troops Against Military Sexual Trauma Act’’ or the 

7 ‘‘PERSIST Against MST Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OVERSIGHT OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER MAN2 AGEMENT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL OR ENTITY.—The 

4 Secretary of Defense shall designate a single official or 

5 entity within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to 

6 have the principle responsibility in the Department of De7 fense for providing oversight of the registered sex offender 

8 management program of the Department. 

9 (b) DUTIES.—The official or entity designated under 

10 subsection (a) shall— 

11 (1) monitor compliance with Department of De12 fense Instruction 5525.20; 

13 (2) compile data on service members who have 

14 been convicted of a qualifying sex offense, including 

15 data on the sex offender registration status of each 

16 member; 

17 (3) maintain statistics of the total number of 

18 service members, by military department, who are 

19 required to register as sex offenders; and 

20 (4) perform such other duties as the Secretary 

21 of Defense may require. 

22 (c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1, 

23 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Com24 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

25 a briefing on— 


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1 (1) the compliance of the military departments 

2 with the policies of the Department of Defense re3 lated to registered sex offenders; 

4 (2) the results of the data compiled under sub5 section (b); and 

6 (3) any other matters determined to be appro7 priate by the Secretary. 

8 SEC. 3. POLICY ON EXPEDITED TRANSFERS. 

9 The Secretary of Defense shall issue policy guidance 

10 to clarify that section 673 of title 10, United States Code 

11 (relating to expedited transfers for members of the armed 

12 forces who are victims of a sexual assault or related of13 fense), applies to all active duty service members of who 

14 are victims of sexual assault or a related offense under 

15 article 120, 120a, or 120c of the Uniform Code of Military 

16 Justices regardless of whether the service member’s sexual 

17 assault report is handled by the Sexual Assault Prevention 

18 Program or the Family Advocacy Program. 

19 SEC. 4. INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

20 Section 546 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

21 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

22 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 1561 

23 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

24 subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(f) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

2 Upon request by the chair of a panel, a department or 

3 agency of the Federal Government shall provide informa4 tion that the panel considers necessary to carry out its 

5 duties under this section.’’. 

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